First image and larger copy linked to
it is
the title page of the North American Aviation X-15 Flight Manual (1962).

Images
in Part 1: X-15 General Description & Walkaround

X-15 rollout photo was taken at or slightly before the
rollout ceremony for the #1 X-15, on October 15, 1958 at North American
Aviation's Inglewood/El Segundo plant. This probably was an NAA photo
originally, is widely reproduced and is registered as NASA photo
E-4358. Copies on the NASA Dryden
web server are E-4358
small image, E-4358
Medium image, E-4358
Large image.

The 3-view diagram linked to the rollout
photo is from the X-15 Flight Manual (1962).

Color aft view with background
retouched to
blend with web page is a photograph of the X-15A-2 in the US Air Force
Museum,
9/25/2001, photo by author (Paul Raveling).

Right quarter view of X-15 #2 on B-52 pylon at night. is
reproduced from /files/pics/pic12.jpg on the cd accompanying X-15 -
The NASA
Mission Reports. This reproduces a NASA photo.

Color photo of drains and vents, mainly on lower part of
flange around rim of XLR-99 nozzle, is a photograph of the X-15A-2 in the US Air Force Museum, 7/25/2001, photo
by author (Paul Raveling).

Drawing of Drain, Jettison, and Vent
Configuration is from the X-15 Flight Manual (1962).

View from directly aft of X-15 on the
pylon
of its B-52 carrier aircraft is a NASA photo. This copy was
retrieved
from Files/pics/pic04.jpg on the CDROM published by Apogee Books and
included with X-15 - The NASA Mission Reports. This photo shows
the 1959/1960 interim configuration using a pair of XLR-11 rocket
engines, each with four chambers, instead of the single XLR-99 rocket
engine.

Side view of the empennage of the #3 X-15 is from another
NASA photograph retrieved from Files/pics/pic14.jpg on the Apogee
Books cdrom. A similar photo is on page 22 of NASA
Technical Report SP-60, X-15 Research Results, by Wendell
H. Stillwell.

The leftmost of the three cutaway views of the X-15 is a
widely reproduced NASA illustration. One of the published renditions is
on page 111 of NASA book SP-4303, On the Frontier, by Richard
P. Hallion. Some
of the same content is available on the web under the title On
the Frontier: Chapter 6-4.

The center cutaway view is another widely reproduced
graphic.

The rightmost cutaway view is from page 1-2 of the North
American
Aviation X-15 Flight Manual (1962).

X-15A-2 Nose gear and ball nose color photos were taken by
the author (Paul Raveling) at the US Air Force Museum, 9/25/2001.

Images
in Part 2: X-15 Cockpit Check

The title image is NASA photo ECN1291,
illustrating a pilot in a cockpit as configured late in the research
program.

The second image, illustrating
positioning of the pilot's headrest, is TBD. This copy was
retrieved from Files/pics/cockpit/page29.jpg on the Apogee Books
CDROM.

The ejection seat image is extracted
from NASA photo ECN-1695 by digitally painting out the background and
touching up
minor details. The original photo shows an ejection seat removed
from
an X-15 at NASA Dryden. For more information on the X-15 ejection
seat a good source on the web is TheEjection Site

The ejection seat diagram shown at medium scale and large
scale through the thumbnail image or text links from the Cockpit
Check page is
Figure 1-14 (Page 1-44) in the 1962 X-15 Flight Manual.

The control diagram reached from the thumbnail image or text
link
from the Cockpit Check page is Figure 1-11, Page 1-31 in the
1962 X-15 Flight Manual.

The overall cockpit image with annotations pointing out the
three
different controllers (conventional stick, aerodynamic side stick, and
ballistic
side stick) is from page 25 in NASA
Report SP-60, X-15 Research Results, by Wendell H.
Stillwell.

The illustrations of cockpit controls are from the January,
1962 revision of the X-15 Flight Manual.

Images
in Part 3: X-15 Flight: Heading Out to Launch

This section's title image is NASA photo ECN885, which NASA
also identifies as EC65-885. This copy was scanned from an original
print from the estate of Maurice King, a NASA Dryden mechanic who
worked on the X-15's.

Dawn servicing, preflight preparation, and takeoff are NASA
photos. These images of them were imported from the Apogee
Books
CDROM packaged with their book, X-15 - The
NASA
Mission Reports.

Color image of the X-15 being carried prior to launch is an
Air Force photograph. This image was scanned from an original
photographic print.

Color image of the X-15 being dropped is believed to be an
Air Force photo. This rendition was copied from
Files\pics\xlr11launch.jpg on the Apogee Books
CDROM packaged with their book, X-15 - The
NASA Mission
Reports.

Images
in Part 4: X-15 Flight: Flying the Mission and Returning

Photo of X-15 #2 just after launch is cropped from NASA photo
number EC88-0180-1. This was the start of flight the first flight to
reach a speed above Mach 6: Flight 2-21-37, the 45'th X-15 free
flight, piloted
by Robert M. White on November 9, 1962. This is available on
the NASA Dryden web site.

One of the most widely reproduced X-15 photos is NASA
EC65-884. This image showing an X-15 pulling up into its climb is
rarely reproduced in its correct orientation, even the NASA Dryden web
site is incorrect (off by 90 degrees). This rendering was scanned
from a NASA lithograph released in 1962 whose caption is readable only
when the litho is inverted (off by 180 degrees). One of very few
correctly oriented renditions is in the September, 1962 copy of National
Geographic.

This is one of several widely reproduced diagrams of an X-15
mission profile. This particular one is Figure 5 on Page 40 of
the Proceedings of the X-15 First Flight 30th Anniversary
Celebration.

This photo
was part of a speech delivered by X-15 pilot Bill Dana at the
Smithsonian Institution.
The address, with illustrations, appears on the NASA Dryden web site;
See page 1 to
read the speech from its beginning, page 6 for
the page containing this photo.

The photo of the X-15 near touchdown, accompanied by an F-104
chase plane, is cropped from NASA photo EC88-0180-9,
which is available on the NASA Dryden web server.

The postflight scene on the lakebed is identified on the NASA
Dryden web site as photo EC61-0034.
This particular rendition was scanned from an original photographic
print with a handwritten identification on the back as ECN34.